On Monday, Nov. 18, six Senate committees came together at the Griffiss Institute in Rome to hear testimony from experts in law enforcement, finance and commerce regarding an ongoing threat to state and national security: cyber-crime.

Community banks can now accept millions more in state deposits - and make additional funds available for local loans - after a bill sponsored by Sen. Joseph A. Griffo and Assemblyman William Magee was signed into law Thursday.The bill (S.2494/A.3236) permits the state comptroller and state Taxation & Finance commissioner to deposit up to $20 million in state funds at each community bank. The previous limit was $10 million.